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Auction: 22109 - The David Hoover Collection of Crowns: 1551-1953
Lot: 2093

(x) NGC AU55 ~ MINT ERROR | George II (1727-1760), 'Roses and Plumes' Crown, 1736 NONO, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, rev. crowned shields cruciform, roses and plumes in angles, twelve strings to harp, lettered edge upwards, 6h (Pywell-Phillips 309; Bull 1664; ESC 121; Spink 3686), a significant striking crack extending through GEORGIVS to chin, lightly wiped, otherwise residually lustrous, a bolder very fine, an unusual error, in NGC holder, graded AU55 ~ MINT ERROR CRACKED PLANCHET (Cert. #5927879-011)

Provenance
Distinctive Coins (Downers Grove, IL), by private treaty



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£550